Bubble Lights: The Weirdest Christmas Light?

Yes indeed, these are silly! Very silly! But, mesmerizing.

Strings of text which take you places!
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[TechnologyConnections]

This year, I'm all experimenting-with-colorsed out, so we won't be doing the traditional Painting of the Fairy Lights. Perhaps we'll do it again next year, but I've been seeing some small progress on the "make colored LED light sets exactly how I want!" front - a few people have sent me some sets where they 1) have a yellow (!) and B) that yellow is really just a white LED with a yellow cap! So maybe next year the mysterious festive lighting conglomerates of the world will finally get their act together in the particularly pedantic way I want them to.

[introvertairways]

“Seasonings Greetings” would make a great quote for a towel or kitchen apron.

He needs to make this into some merch.

[andymation]

When I was a kid, I was helping decorate our tree one year. We had already strung all the bubble lights, and they were lit up and bubbling. I went to hang one small but heavy little ornament, but it slipped from my fingers. As it fell, I naturally followed its path down with my eyes. And at that moment it struck the tip of a red bubble light... which then exploded liquid into my face and onto the ceiling. I then ended up at the ER getting my eyes flushed with water. Needless to say, we never used bubble lights again. Despite that, I still actually have fond memories of watching their dangerous bubbling glow.

[tichu]

I'm so glad Alec lives in the age of YouTube. 20 years earlier, and Alec's humour and passion would be wasted on a class of Gr 12 Physics students waiting for the lunch bell.

[vwestlife]

I'm sure you'll be amazed to learn that people actually used to clip candles to the branches of their Christmas tree. Yes, *candles, * which you light on fire, directly attached to a highly flammable object! To be fair, they were only lit for a short time, and kept under constant supervision when lit. But these clip-on candles were what the first electric Christmas tree lights were designed to emulate, and were initially made by telephone company engineers using the tiny light bulbs (made by Western Electric) used in telephone operator switchboards.

[jmholmes]

“He probably just wanted to make... a thing... and these are them.” Made me laugh harder than it should have 😂

[AnjaliyaIronwolf]

"Where is he..."
"Seasonings greetings"
Oooh. Oh. You sneak.

[AveryTalksAboutStuff]

I now want a kitchen towel that says, "seasonings greetings".

[bimlauyomashitobi]

And just like that, this man has near single handedly brought back bubble lights.

[lauraainslie]

I married into a bubble light family in the early 90's. Discovered the first year that the bulb bases fit beautifully into that other holiday decorating item that peaked in the '70s: The fake plastic candelabrum you put on your windowsill. We found bubble lights with white bulbs (not at Menard's) and now my mother is a fan.

[phobozad]

I lost it at the 11% rebate line. For a second I thought you were going to break into a full Svengoolie-like Menards commercial parody.

[PhilipHowson]

Surely these should be rebranded as "RGB Lights with integrated liquid cooling" and sold to gamers ?

[bj]

Growing up in the 1960's, I remember our ubble lights were made by Noma. I loved gazing at the tree, bubble lights bubbling away, breathing the enticing aroma of my Mother's baking Christmas cookies! Wonderful memories!

[Uultraaaviolettt]

The “seasonings greetings” pun is way more clever than it has any right being.

[leulnrt]

I think this is the closest we've ever been to a no-effort-november video that's actually no effort.

[Crw]

"metric degrees" - can't believe I've never heard Celsius called that before. It made me giggle.

[JayLeePoe]

_ah, yes, the lightbulbs that double as lvl 1 alchemical weapons_

[maaltagabriel]

"A: this is no effort november
2: I like these things."

[zerovoid-with.numbers]

"a. This is a no-effort-november"
"2. I like these things"

[fluffycritter]

The solvent in these is the same stuff as what’s used in drinking birds. Versatile stuff for all SORTS of kitsch.